Tenomerga
Genus of beetles
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Tenomerga is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae. This genus has about 17 extant species, which are native to the eastern Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions.[1]
| Tenomerga | |
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| Tenomerga mucida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cupedidae |
| Genus: | Tenomerga Neboiss, 1984 |
In a recent phylogenetic analysis, the species Tenomerga leucophaea was found to form a monophyletic group with Cupes capitatus and Rhipsideigma, rendering Tenomerga polyphyletic.[2] Because of this, some researchers have proposed transferring T. leucophaea to Cupes.[3]
Species
These 14 species belong to the genus Tenomerga:
- Tenomerga anguliscutis (Kolbe, 1886) i c g
- Tenomerga cinerea (Say, 1831) i c g b
- Tenomerga favella Neboiss, 1984 i c g
- Tenomerga gaolingziensis Ge and Yang, 2004 i c g
- Tenomerga japonica (Tamanuki, 1928) i c g
- Tenomerga kapnodes Neboiss, 1984 i c g
- Tenomerga kurosawai Miyatake, 1986 i c g
- Tenomerga leucophaea (Newman, 1839) i c g
- Tenomerga moultonii (Gestro, 1910) i c g
- Tenomerga mucida (Chevrolat, 1844) i c g
- Tenomerga sibyllae (Klapperich, 1950) i c g
- Tenomerga tianmuensis Ge and Yang, 2004 i c g
- Tenomerga trabecula Neboiss, 1984 i c g
- Tenomerga yamato Miyatake, 1985 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]
